PC Gaming
We’ve already reported how Apple’s new MacBook Neo is putting the frighteners on PC laptop makers. Now comes news that early benchmarks show the chip beating every single x86 CPU currently available when it comes to single-core performance in Cinebench 2024. Yep, that includes desktop monsters like AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X and Intel’s Core Ultra…
Embark has not shied away from discussing its original plans for Arc Raiders, which were drastically different from what ultimately emerged. It was supposed to be a more PvE-focused game before it became the extraction shooter hit it is today. We stopped forcing the game [or games] we wanted, and we looked at the game…
Every Friday morning, I cast an eye over the land of SSD deals…only to find it unnervingly quiet as of late. RAM prices aren’t looking so hot either, but if you’ve been keeping track of the raging memory supply crisis, you likely didn’t need me to tell you that. Well, here I am anyway with…
“It’s the year 1963 in a world that replaced computers with human brains,” is how horror game Brainshell describes its setup. “The nuclear arms race has led to a point of no return. Your government uses propaganda, brainwashing and body modifications to create the ultimate weapon: a conscious nuclear missile.” I checked BBC News, looked…
As far as Telltale-likes go, Dispatch is one of the prettiest. Lovely animation, some great character designs, and a strong visual artstyle. It might surprise you to find out, then, that the main character and concept artist for Dispatch, Lap Pun Cheung, was picked up on ArtStation as a last resort to get developer AdHoc…
Our six-year stint of feeling very smug about getting pretty much every game on PC (excluding Nintendo, which will forever be Nintendo about it) came to an end last week, when a report from Bloomberg said that Sony has decided to pull back from its strategy of releasing its console exclusives—after a suitable delay—on PC….
Developers and members of the United Videogame Workers of CWA union marched through the Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, a demonstration similar to the one held at last year’s GDC. This year, UVW organizers are announcing a campaign demanding protection for game workers from ICE in the US and sharing a draft of their planned…
The memory crisis appears to be hitting almost everyone, from PC gamers to PC suppliers, but Asus doesn’t seem too worried. Addressing concerns in its latest financial earnings report, Asus reckons it is uniquely positioned to survive it. Opening the topic, Asus CFO Nick Wu says, “I would like to briefly add that as investors…
Matchmaking in Overwatch, the boulder to my Sisyphus. This is something that haunts me and every other poor sod still clambering to get out of Elo-hell. It may at times seem like a horrid place to be but ex-Overwatch boss Jeff Kaplan still assures players that it was the best it could be. “The matchmaking…
I got the rare chance this week to sit down with Garry’s Mod creator and Facepunch Studios founder Garry Newman, whose next project, game creation platform s&box, is preparing for launch in April. Among other topics like his original expectations for G-Mod and what price s&box will (probably) launch at in April, I also asked…